Scarf holder and former



G; HOLLAFOLLA SUARF HOLDER AND FORMER Sept 6 ,1927,- 1,641,851-

Filed May 4, 1927 baa L 7 i Patented Sept. 6, 1927.

. Miran :STATES mum zest-arcs v GEORGE; HOLLAFQLLA, o s mwsansw yos sonar *HOLDER em) ronMER.

, Application; filed .May A,

sists of,asingle length -of. s, 3ring ,wire bent and coiled to provide flexible open frame or for-1 n,.around whicl1 ,-tl1e. scarf may be foldedand tied, and by means of which the m scarf-may be readilyandquick'ly applied-to and removed from thecollar without, untying the scarf, the-said form'being so ,arranged that a nea and. permanent knot may be tied, and. the I scarf may; be applied. to the usual turn-down collar without requiring the medial portion .of the scarf to be passed aroundthe neckandbetween themore ,or

less closely-folded-,portions of the. collar. A

further object is; to, provide a. spring metal form for ,four-inhand neck-scarfs ,which may be readily .flexed to..conform..to. collars. of different shape, and maybe alsoadjusted for disposing the knot. in different positions relatively tot-he .gap .of the collar. And a furtherobject. is to provide .means; for holding the knotraswell [as theskirt .ofthe scarf clea o th sh rt.- boso I attain these. objects by the means set eli .inthe. eta e desc iption. Which 01- lows. and as illustratedibythe accompanytsdrawinainwhic h Figure 1 isa front elevation of the complete device. Fig Q is'a topplan View of the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, showing the first step in applying the scarf to the form. Fig. 4 is a face view of the scarf, folded for the initial step of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the device of Fig. 3. And Fig. 6 is a front elevation, showing the scarf completely tied and ready to be applied to a collar.

In the drawing, a light gauge springwire is folded and bent to form an open angular frame A, comprising similar oppositely inclined arms or wings, 22, the top and bot tom margins 2 2 being substantially parallel, and the bottom 2" being formed medially with an, inverted, U-shaped b'end 3, which is adapted to be hooked over a collar button (not shown). At the start of the construction of the frame, the loop 3 is usually formed about midway of the length of the wire, after which the portions 3 3 at the opposite sides of said'bend are corre-f spondingly bent upwardly, as at 3", and then inwardly, as at 3, which completes 1927. ..:Seria1.No.-188',831.

theshaping of. thefframe A. At this stage, 1

the freeend portions 33 of the wire comprisingthe; top;2 are. overlapped,.and each strand is,-thencoile'd-around theQother in the same direction andto the same. extent, as shown respectively.at 4:-l iniFigs. 1, 2

and 5, the; portions 33 thence. being -GX- tended, downwardly convergingly and providinga triangle, as 5. The strand 3 preferably continues :downwardly and is I folded upon itself-to form..a.1relatively long and broad loop, as;;6 (seeqFigs. 1,2,3Iand .5), from which said strand is carried upwardly across the. triangle and is finallysecured' by coiling itsend betweenlthecoils 4l.4,-which are suitably spaced for the purpose. The looseend ,of the strand .3 is. next wound in a coil Taround the. fold .of strand 3 midway between the triangle 5 and the loop-6 for securely bindingthe parts. The triangular formation 5 tends. to brace the loop 6 and preventslateral distortion of the same. The loop. .6iis. preferably curved outwardly away from the bend 3, primarily-foraflording. suitable clearance between the bottom 2 of the frame andsaid: loop, for convenience inapplying and tying the scarf, as 8, shown in,Fig, 3. To .make the scarfiS ready for applicationeto the "frame, the narrow medial portion. 8 ,.is,preferab ly first; foldedupon itself, ,as;,shown in:Fig...4. .Thismedial portion is ,then,inserted upwardlyebetween. the bottom2 and1 the loop .6. and. folded forwardly over the coils H, and is thence inserted downwardly through the loop 6, as best seen in Figs. 3 and 5. The narrow top portion 00 of the longer end of the skirt 8' of the scarf is next wound around the tri angle 5 and loop 6, as well as around the fold 8, and the adjacent portion 8 being the short end of thescarf, as shown at 8 in Fig. 6. The free end of the skirt 8 is next passed between the. frame portions 2*2 and folded forwardly as at 8 and is finally inserted downwardly between the windings 8, as shown in Fig. 6, for completing the tying of the knot. After the narrow portion 8 of the tie is insert-ed through the loop 6, as in Fig. 3, the usual method of tying the ordinary four-in-hand ties may be followed, as explained. The main frame A is preferably flexible in all directions, so as to readily conform to turn-down collars of different size, shape and style. For relatively high collars, the vertical spread of the frame A should be, for example, as shown by the full lines in Fig. l, and when the holder is GlllPlOYQtl in connection with relatively narrow or low collars, the bottom 52" Ina be ilexed upwardly by the wearer, to the extent shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The loop t5 and the triangle 5 preferably incline forwardly from the frame A, as explained, and this inclination is ellected and n1aintained by whirling; the coils -l--il-. in the direction and ending; said coils as indicated in Figs. 1, and 3. A particular object in curving the loop (5 forwardly (see Fig. 3), is to facilitate the insertion or threading ol? the told S", as well. as to suitably space the knot and the upper portion of the shirt 8 from the shirt bosoin. A particular tune tion of the triangular portion 5 is to space and brace the loop O for holding the pendant tie in proper position. ll hen the scarf ta is applied to the frame and suitably adjusted. and tied, these two parts may be handled as one, and the scarf may be. applied to the collar repeatedly by simply inserting the :lll'llS -:Z between the :lolded ends of the collar and hooking the bond 3 over the collar button, without disturbing the assenibl shown in l ig. t3, and without requiring separation or readjustment of said parts. To remove the start, the wearer lilits the bottom portion 2' clear of the button and withdraws the itraine A :lroni the collar.

llaving; thus described my invcntion,what 1 claim, is-

1. In a scarf form, a normally open :torin comprising a single length of spring wire, tho end portions of the wire overlapping at the top and midway between the ends of the term, said end portions being coiled around each other in separate coils, said end portions extending downwardly converg ingly to term a triangle, one end portion being formed into along loop below the triangle and terminating in a single coil between the lirst coils, the other end portion being wound around the first end portion be tween the triangle and said loop, and the bottom of the form being t'ornied with a inedizl bend. to engage a collar button.

2. it scarf holder comprising asingle length of spring wire bent intermediate its ends to form an open frame having inclined arnis adapted to be inserted in the facing ends 01 a turn-down collar, the bottom of the frame having a bend to engage the col 'lar button, the top oi" the Lt'raine con'iprising the loose end portions oi? the wire, said portions being; wound in spaced coils and converging il orwardly and downwardly, one end portion being folded into a loop below the point ol? convergence and terminating between the spaced coils, and the other end portion being; wound around the first end portion adjacent said loop.

3.111 a scarl holder, an open resilient traine 'lorincd from a single wire, the medial portion oi the wire having a bend to engage a collar bnllon. said bend beinc disposed in the bottom of the tlraine and the wire at the opposite sides of said bend being bent up- (ii'EOltlUrll .l-ljOlJLAFULLA- 

